Albor Ruiz

Senior Contributor (USA)

Albor Ruiz

I cover political and social issues directly affecting mostly Latinos in the U.S. and Latin America.

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A long-time former editor and columnist for the New York Daily News and El Diario, whether writing for English-or Spanish-language media, my journalistic mission has been to provide a voice for those whose stories often go untold by the mainstream media, a mission I enthusiastically continue to fulfill at Al Día News. A former National Association of Hispanic Journalists Region II Director and member of its National Board, in 2003 I was inducted into the Association's Hall of Fame. Born in Cuba, I have lived in New York City since 1980.

Her success as an actress and the exposure Alfonso Cuarón and "Roma" have given her, inevitably made Aparicio a trailblazer, a pioneer, a flag bearer for her people who has pushed open doors unfairly closed to indigenous Mexicans for generations.

Cuba, that stubborn alligator-shaped little Caribbean island that for six decades has resisted the hostility of the world’s most powerful country, overwhelmingly approved last Sunday in a referendum a new Constitution.

Tom Brokaw’s profoundly ignorant remarks about Hispanics and assimilation were surprising and shocking, but the rush from many in the Latino community to prove him wrong by justifying themselves in the worst possible way was even more so.

If looking at the chaos prevalent in Washington you get the disquieting feeling that the U.S. – the world, for that matter – is in the hands of a cabal of heartless, bigoted, greedy fools, you are not alone.

These are tumultuous times and we approach Christmas, a season in which the old “peace and love” slogan is supposed to become more than nice words, with a disquieting sense of foreboding, a pervasive feeling of anything-can-happen.